SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp., founded in 2002, is an American space technology company and a dominant launch provider. It designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, including the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon spacecraft, and Starship. SpaceX partners with organizations like NASA and the United States Armed Forces and is known for its advancements in reusable launch vehicles, human spaceflight, and satellite constellation technology like Starlink. Key words: launch provider, reusable rockets, space exploration, Starlink, Falcon, Dragon, Starship, NASA.
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General Galactic was founded by former SpaceX engineer Halen Mattison and former Varda Space engineer Luke Naise.
BF-20’s peak thrust of 220 tons is slightly lower than SpaceX’s Raptor 2 peak thrust.
NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission lifted off on Friday 13 February at 5:15 local time (11:15 CET) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Blue Origin and SpaceX are developing commercial orbital habitats, but progress on those habitats has been slower than expected.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station on Saturday 14 February at 21:15 CET.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station on Saturday 14 February at 21:15 CET after about 34 hours of free flight.
NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission lifted off on Friday 13 February at 5:15 local time (11:15 CET) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Online analysts identified BF-20’s turbopump design as similar to SpaceX’s Raptor 2 turbopump design.
LANDSPACE is pursuing development milestones intended to close its capability gap with SpaceX.
O3b mPOWER satellites 9 and 10 were launched by SpaceX in July 2025.
SpaceX launched the ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites on July 22 from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX operates SLC-40 for Falcon 9 and LC-39A for Falcon Heavy and Starship and is constructing the Gigabay to support Starship processing at scale.
SpaceX is building a $1.8 billion Gigabay at Kennedy Space Center to process next-generation Starship vehicles.
Globalstar is hoping for two SpaceX launches this year and currently has one confirmed.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Florida on March 4, 2026, carrying 29 Starlink satellites.
The planned mobile service will use Starlink’s Direct-to-Device (D2D) technology developed by SpaceX.
The updated Artemis III mission will endeavor to include a rendezvous and docking with one or both commercial landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin and in-space tests of the docked vehicles.
SpaceX completed its 33rd Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA with a successful return to Earth.
More than 55 investigations sponsored by the International Space Station National Laboratory have been returned to Earth aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
Researchers will begin postflight analysis of payloads returned on SpaceX’s 33rd CRS mission to advance scientific knowledge for research and development in low Earth orbit and beyond.